The Tilted Cross Explained

The Tilted Cross
Author:Hal Porter
Country:Australia
Language:English
Genre:Literary fiction
Publisher:Faber and Faber, London
Release Date:1961
Media Type:Print
Pages:266 pp
Preceded By:A Handful of Pennies
Followed By:The Right Thing

The Tilted Cross (1961) is a novel by Australian author Hal Porter.[1]

Plot outline

The novel is set in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1845-46. It follows the last few months in the life of Judas Griffin Vaneleigh, a transported forger and suspected poisoner.

Critical reception

A reviewer in The Canberra Times was not as enthusiastic as some of his colleagues: "Porter's baroque style gives his wordage full play. He spins his words like a thick spider's web and in the depths of the web he sets an evil collection of characters . . . They move dimly and poisonously in the mess of words like red-back spiders stirring in a thick web in a dark corner."[2]

See also

Notes

Notes and References

  1. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C9856 Austlit - The Tilted Cross by Hal Porter
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105855386 "Dim Beacon", The Canberra Times, 9 December 1961, p16
  3. The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 2nd edition, pp747-748